Utah Mammoth eye deeper postseason run following franchise's first playoff berth

TRENDINGFantasy Football Week 2 ToolkitCollege football viewer's guideMLB playoff pictureMbappé signs with OnJazz pay Keyonte GeorgeStory byStory byUtah Mammoth eye deeper postseason run following franchise's first playoff berthJOHN MARSHALLFri, September 18, 2026 at 8:31 PM UTC·3 min readAbout Our AdsRecommended Stories‘There’s a new bar’ for Wild, who aim for an even deeper playoff runNew Wild defenseman Olli Maatta arrived from Calgary via a trade over the summer. The Flames haven’t reached the NHL playoffs since 2022. Before that, Maatta was in Utah, which made its first-ever trip to the playoffs last spring only after Maatta’s departure. Before that, Maatta was with the Red Wings, who have been a postseason spectator every year for a decade. So the Finnish defenseman’s ...Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.Former Mammoth Forward Suffers Major Injury Ahead of NHL SeasonFormer Utah Mammoth forward Nick Bjugstad is expected to miss 4-6 months after undergoing surgery to repair a torn pectoral muscle.The Hockey News - Utah Hockey ClubAvalanche Enter Training Camp With Refreshingly Different Kind of ProblemThe Colorado Avalanche enter training camp with fewer major questions than in recent years as a proven core prepares for another run at the Stanley Cup.Colorado Avalanche On SIAdvertisementAdvertisementKnights return to the ice with clock tickingWith new coach Ryan Craig and the team's core intact, Vegas hopes to capture a second Stanley Cup in this, its 10th season as an NHL franchise.The Sporting TribuneMacklin Celebrini and the Sharks enter contender stage after long rebuildMacklin Celebrini and the San Jose Sharks are entering a new phase after a tear down and rebuild led to seven straight seasons without a playoff berth. With one of the game's top young stars leading the way, the anticipation for this season is high and Celebrini sees it almost everywhere he goes around the Bay Area from taking batting practice before a recent San Francisco Giants game to his day-to-day life. “It’s pretty cool walking around, talking to people, people coming up to us on the street just saying how excited they are about the season,” Celebrini said Thursday on the first day of training camp.Associated PressSabres GM says team needs to put breakout season behind themBUFFALO — In his remarks to the Sabres as training camp got underway Wednesday, general manager Jarmo Kekalainen stressed they must put last season’s breakout 50-win, 109-point season behind them. In winning the ultra-competitive Atlantic Division and ending their NHL-record 14-year playoff drought, the Sabres morphed into a legitimate Stanley Cup contender and became the league’s darling. ...Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y.The Golden Knights, They Are A-Changin’: 3 Biggest Questions Heading Into Training CampThe leaves are changing, there’s a nip to the air, and pumpkin spiced lattes are out in full force. All those things, and a back-to-school Target special, signal that hockey is just a stone’s throw away.The Hockey News - Las Vegas Golden KnightsTraining Camp Recap: An established core welcomes the ‘youth movement’Day one is in the books!SB Nation‘It’ll Sort Itself Out’: Artturi Lehkonen Not Worried About Contract SituationArtturi Lehkonen has historically never let a contract year affect the way he plays on the ice. The last time […]Colorado Hockey NowAvalanche news: Colorado fans will not love latest Cale Makar injury updateCale Makar was playing through an injury late in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the Colorado Avalanche certainly felt his absence while being swept by the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference Final. The hope was that the superstar defenseman would be healthy after a couple of months off, but he is now dealing with a new ailment as the […] The post Avalanche news: Colorado fans will not love latest Cale Makar injury update appeared first on ClutchPoints.ClutchPointsPatrick Kane is adjusting to his new teammates and coaches in his return to the BlackhawksOnce again, Patrick Kane took the ice for the start of training camp with the Chicago Blackhawks. Kane is getting used to his old surroundings as he begins his 20th NHL season in the same place where he started his career. The veteran forward signed a $16 million, two-year contract with Chicago in free agency.Associated PressGolden Knights open camp with 'unfinished business' after 2 wins short of the CupLife is seldom dull around the Golden Knights, and that was certainly the case at the end of last season when Vegas fired its championship coach, hired another title-winning coach and then moved on to a third after an unlikely Stanley Cup Final run. What truly matters to the Golden Knights is not so much the process, but the end. “You don’t forget coming two games short of winning the Stanley Cup,” center Jack Eichel said Thursday on the first day of training camp.Associated PressMcCrimmon: ‘The Organization Shifted’ When Golden Knights Acquired ‘Original Leader’ StoneVegas Golden Knights General Manager Kelly McCrimmon doesn’t mince words. He speaks with conviction, and he means every word he says.The Hockey News - Las Vegas Golden KnightsEmotional Leader Stone Talks Contract, Future Plans, Endorses Shortened PreseasonWhen Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone spoke with the media following day one of Training Camp, he was in high spirits. And why wouldn’t he be? He’s just five days removed from signing a brand new two-year, $9 million AAV contract extension.The Hockey News - Las Vegas Golden KnightsMartin Necas Is Adding A New Weapon To His GameMartin Necas isn’t trying to reinvent his game, but offseason work alongside two of the NHL’s biggest players could give the Avalanche forward the added strength and power to become even more difficult to contain.The Hockey News - Colorado AvalancheRangers are eager to turn the page from a last-place season and get a fresh start with new facesThere was not a lot of joy around the New York Rangers last season, when struggles at home mixed with injuries to prominent players sunk them to the bottom of the Eastern Conference. “There was probably more negative than positive that went around,” captain J.T. Miller said. Missing franchise goaltender Igor Shesterkin and No. 1 defenseman Adam Fox for periods of time exposed a lack of depth, which general manager Chris Drury endeavored to fix as part of a busy summer of changes that included acquiring goal-scoring winger Pavel Dorofeyev and defensemen Sean Durzi and Marcus Pettersson and trading away Vincent Trocheck.Associated PressJared Bednar Is Changing His Approach With Avalanche’s Young PlayersAs one of the more veteran teams in the NHL without many roster spots up for grabs, the Colorado Avalanche […]Colorado Hockey NowDevils GM Sunny Mehta says he's comfortable with goaltending situationOne of the first moves former poker player-turned-hockey executive Sunny Mehta made in his new gig as general manager of the New Jersey Devils involved trading goaltender Jacob Markstrom to his old team, the Florida Panthers. Old boss Bill Zito made Mehta an offer he couldn't refuse. “That was an important trade for us, the Markstrom trade, but it wasn’t for any reason of, ‘Oh my gosh, we have to trade Markstrom,'” Mehta said.Associated Press